Period: The End of Menstruation (2006)

If you could stop your period, would you?

• Documentary

As millions of women and girls take shots and pills to stop their periods, the meaning of menstruation changes. Current marketing of hormonal birth control (Depo-Provera, Seasonale, Seasonique, Lybrel, Anya) attracts customers by promising freedom from monthly periods. For many consumers, menstrual suppression eliminates painful monthly flow, giving them more control in their lives. For others, menstrual suppression represents a frightening shift in thinking about the human body and another dangerous experiment on woman’s health. Period: The End of Menstruation? interrogates the cultural and medical side effects of suppression before 'the curse' disappears.

Rating

4 / 10 (3 votes)

Release date

May 1, 2006

Runtime

56m

Language

English

Director

Giovanna Chesler

Status

Released